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"Custome Is An Idiot": How Genre Bending Opens New Meanings For Hæc Vir, Or The Womanish Man, Stephen Montgomery-Anderson
"Custome Is An Idiot": How Genre Bending Opens New Meanings For Hæc Vir, Or The Womanish Man, Stephen Montgomery-Anderson
All Theses
Hæc Vir, or the Womanish Man is often conceived of as a satirical pamphlet. Moreover, scholars such as Linda Woodbridge and Simone Chess read the pamphlet as ultimately and explicitly arguing for a normative rendering of gender. Such readings, while acknowledging the rhetorical power and feminist nature of the crossdressed female character Hic Mulier’s arguments, invariably discount them in favor of a supposed return to normalcy. I instead suggest that Hic Mulier’s arguments be read as genuine and potentially altering. I further argue that we should read Hæc Vir as a closet drama. Bending the genre of the …
How “Interested” Criticism Fueled The Formulation Of Nineteen Eighty-Four’S Cultural Afterlife, John Cameron Bosch
How “Interested” Criticism Fueled The Formulation Of Nineteen Eighty-Four’S Cultural Afterlife, John Cameron Bosch
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George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four carries a “cultural afterlife” as a result of “interested” criticism, which has a set political/practical barometer or motive. While everyone agrees that the novel presents a frightening dystopia, many also consider it a prophetic piece that illuminates the possible corruption of executive power of a nation thanks to this cultural afterlife; the modern and popular term “Orwellian” resulted from these sorts of analyses and have only escalated in the years since its inception. As a result, within the past decade, multiple scholars, analysts, and journalists have referenced Orwell’s novel as a factual representation of this executive …
Close Reading Shakespeare: An Introduction, Peter Parolin, Phyllis Rackin
Close Reading Shakespeare: An Introduction, Peter Parolin, Phyllis Rackin
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Beyond The Cloister: Catholic Englishwomen And Early Modern Literary Culture / Jenna Lay, Tessie Prakas
Beyond The Cloister: Catholic Englishwomen And Early Modern Literary Culture / Jenna Lay, Tessie Prakas
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Emphasis Added: Reading Shakespeare’S Language Clearly, Cynthia Lewis
Emphasis Added: Reading Shakespeare’S Language Clearly, Cynthia Lewis
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Quickly, Archy, And The Citizens’ Wives; Or, How To Talk To An Elephant, Barbara Sebek
Quickly, Archy, And The Citizens’ Wives; Or, How To Talk To An Elephant, Barbara Sebek
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Imaginary Transparency: Some Reflections On The Editing Of Early Modern Women’S Drama, Clare R. Kinney
Imaginary Transparency: Some Reflections On The Editing Of Early Modern Women’S Drama, Clare R. Kinney
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Shakespeare's Dead / Simon Palfrey And Emma Smith, Catherine E. Thomas
Shakespeare's Dead / Simon Palfrey And Emma Smith, Catherine E. Thomas
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Posthuman Lear: Reading Shakespeare In The Anthropocene / Craig Dionne, Karen Raber
Posthuman Lear: Reading Shakespeare In The Anthropocene / Craig Dionne, Karen Raber
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Secular Chains: Poetry And The Politics Of Religion From Milton To Pope / Philip Connell, Doug Depalma
Secular Chains: Poetry And The Politics Of Religion From Milton To Pope / Philip Connell, Doug Depalma
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
The Dynamics Of Inheritance On The Shakespearean Stage / Michelle M. Dowd, Mary Learner
The Dynamics Of Inheritance On The Shakespearean Stage / Michelle M. Dowd, Mary Learner
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Metropolitan Tragedy: Genre, Justice, And The City In Early Modern England / Marissa Greenberg, Ronda Arab
Metropolitan Tragedy: Genre, Justice, And The City In Early Modern England / Marissa Greenberg, Ronda Arab
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Male To Female Crossdressing In Early Modern English Literature: Gender, Performance, And Queer Relations / Simone Chess, John Garrison
Male To Female Crossdressing In Early Modern English Literature: Gender, Performance, And Queer Relations / Simone Chess, John Garrison
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Fair Copies: Reproducing The English Lyric From Tottel To Shakespeare / Matthew Zarnowiecki, Emily Ruth Issacson
Fair Copies: Reproducing The English Lyric From Tottel To Shakespeare / Matthew Zarnowiecki, Emily Ruth Issacson
Early Modern Culture
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Literature And The Law Of Nations, 1580-1680 / Christopher N. Warren, Jason E. Cohen
Literature And The Law Of Nations, 1580-1680 / Christopher N. Warren, Jason E. Cohen
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Tragedy And Trauma In The Plays Of Christopher Marlowe / Matthew R. Martin, Daniel G. Lauby
Tragedy And Trauma In The Plays Of Christopher Marlowe / Matthew R. Martin, Daniel G. Lauby
Early Modern Culture
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King And Country: Shakespeare's Great Cycle Of Kings / Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich, Joey Burley, Kaylor Montgomery, Will Sly, Ashley Van Hesteren
King And Country: Shakespeare's Great Cycle Of Kings / Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich, Joey Burley, Kaylor Montgomery, Will Sly, Ashley Van Hesteren
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
The Future Of (Close) Reading, Jean Peterson
The Future Of (Close) Reading, Jean Peterson
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
The Duchess Of Suffolk / Edited By Richard Dutton And Steven K. Galbraith, Kevin T. Gates
The Duchess Of Suffolk / Edited By Richard Dutton And Steven K. Galbraith, Kevin T. Gates
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare In The Park Troilus And Cressida / Delacorte Theater, Central Park, Stephanie Pietros
The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare In The Park Troilus And Cressida / Delacorte Theater, Central Park, Stephanie Pietros
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Henry Vi, Part 2 / Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Marcia Eppich-Harris
Henry Vi, Part 2 / Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, Marcia Eppich-Harris
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Love's Labour's Lost & Won / Royal Shakespeare Company, Mary L. Hjelm
Love's Labour's Lost & Won / Royal Shakespeare Company, Mary L. Hjelm
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Missing Shakespeare's Law: Some Writing About Some Reading About Close Reading, Karen Cunningham
Missing Shakespeare's Law: Some Writing About Some Reading About Close Reading, Karen Cunningham
Early Modern Culture
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Close Reading: The Theory Which Is Not One, Jessica Mccall
Close Reading: The Theory Which Is Not One, Jessica Mccall
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
The Boke Of The Cyte Of Ladyes / Edited By Hope Johnston, Melanie Simoes Santos
The Boke Of The Cyte Of Ladyes / Edited By Hope Johnston, Melanie Simoes Santos
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
The Anti-Brexit Cymbeline / Royal Shakespeare Company, Rachel Ellen Clark
The Anti-Brexit Cymbeline / Royal Shakespeare Company, Rachel Ellen Clark
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Folio Rodeo: Shakespeare's First Folio Visits Texas, Lauren Liebe
Folio Rodeo: Shakespeare's First Folio Visits Texas, Lauren Liebe
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
An Invitation To Play: Sleep No More / Punchdrunk At The Mckittrick Hotel, Shannon Mchugh, Alice Fischetti, Mohammad Sadic, Amy Moore
An Invitation To Play: Sleep No More / Punchdrunk At The Mckittrick Hotel, Shannon Mchugh, Alice Fischetti, Mohammad Sadic, Amy Moore
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Thinking Sex With The Early Moderns / Valerie Traub, James Beaver
Thinking Sex With The Early Moderns / Valerie Traub, James Beaver
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.
Queer Philologies: Sex, Language, And Affect In Shakespeare's Time / Jeffrey Masten, Andy Kesson
Queer Philologies: Sex, Language, And Affect In Shakespeare's Time / Jeffrey Masten, Andy Kesson
Early Modern Culture
No abstract provided.